1 Samuel 23:6

New English Translation

Now when Abiathar son of Ahimelech had fled to David at Keilah, he had brought with him an ephod.

Cross References

1 Kings 2:26

The king then told Abiathar the priest, “Go back to your property in Anathoth. You deserve to die, but today I will not kill you because you did carry the ark of the sovereign Lord before my father David and you suffered with my father through all his difficult times.”

Exodus 28:6

“They are to make the ephod of gold, blue, purple, scarlet, and fine twisted linen, the work of an artistic designer.

1 Samuel 14:18

So Saul said to Ahijah, “Bring near the ephod,” for he was at that time wearing the ephod.

1 Samuel 14:3

Now Ahijah was carrying an ephod. He was the son of Ahitub, who was the brother of Ichabod and a son of Phineas, son of Eli, the priest of the Lord in Shiloh. The army was unaware that Jonathan had left.

1 Samuel 22:20

But one of the sons of Ahimelech son of Ahitub escaped and fled to David. His name was Abiathar.

1 Samuel 23:2

So David asked the Lord, “Should I go and strike down these Philistines?” The Lord said to David, “Go, strike down the Philistines and deliver Keilah.”

1 Samuel 23:5

So David and his men went to Keilah and fought the Philistines. He took away their cattle and thoroughly defeated them. David delivered the inhabitants of Keilah.

1 Samuel 23:7

When Saul was told that David had come to Keilah, Saul said, “God has delivered him into my hand, for he has boxed himself into a corner by entering a city with two barred gates.”

1 Samuel 23:9

When David realized that Saul was planning to harm him, he told Abiathar the priest, “Bring the ephod!”

1 Samuel 30:7

Then David said to the priest Abiathar son of Ahimelech, “Bring me the ephod.” So Abiathar brought the ephod to David.